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Tag: cinquain

Tragic Love Poem for this Short Glory Season

to-dos
breath-paused, sun-warmed
books under pink-bud boughs
hyacinth, tulip, plum blossom
falling

 

NaPoWriMo Day 26. Spring-fed, draining…

Posted on April 26, 2016Categories PoetryTags books, cinquain, flowers, form-hacking, love, NaPoWriMo, nature, spring, trees7 Comments on Tragic Love Poem for this Short Glory Season

Sunflower etc.

First, sprout
unfurl earth-sharp
then sunward surpassing
belief: any whispered seed might
flower

 

NaPoWriMo Day 8 prompted us to write a flower poem; Jane’s weekly challenge is to write a cinquain.

Posted on April 8, 2016Categories PoetryTags challenges, cinquain, family, flowers, form-hacking, gardening, human, love, NaPoWriMo, nature17 Comments on Sunflower etc.

Again and Again

Numb. Cold.
Holiday lights
ring false; what cheer can blind
this world lost in self, violence?
Hush. Snow
falls slow. Our moment of silence
no answer. Can torn hearts
spill great light in
darkness?

A butterfly cinquain for Jane’s challenge #8.

Posted on December 3, 2015Categories PoetryTags challenges, cinquain, form-hacking, grief, human, night, winter6 Comments on Again and Again

Ritual

(Me)
coffee
grinding darkness
straining silence to breathe
voices coaxed from wraiths fiery dreams
fading

(You)
forty-seven years—
you will not certainly die
without orange juice

“Ritual poem” was our prompt for Day 15 of the PAD Chapbook Challenge.

Posted on November 16, 2015November 16, 2015Categories PoetryTags cinquain, family, form-hacking, haiku, love, morning, PAD Chapbook Challenge5 Comments on Ritual
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